One Last Summer Hurrah

To begin, I would like to apologize for the severe lack of posts the past month or two. School has sucked me into it's monotonous trap and I haven't been able to break free. As I'm writing this I am actually supposed to be typing up 2 essays on Lord of the Flies, but honestly, which is more important? (Kidding, obviously.)

I've noticed that the damper school puts on my mood is blatantly reflected in my wardrobe. During the summer my outfits are bursting with color and pattern, but the last few months I have been resorting to greys, maroons and blacks. While the change of weather also impacts what I wear, I blame the most of it on school (mostly because I want another reason to hate it). The other day I pulled this pastel blue skirt out from the bottom of my wardrobe and strutted my way through the crunchy leaves; my own little form of rebellion against the conforming way of school and the dreariness of winter.

Skirt: Plato's Closet... originally Brandy Mel
Crop Top: Forever 21
Sweater: Target
Necklace: Forever 21

Flairwell!
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Mayan Ruins, Selfies and Snuba | Belize 2014

Welcome back to my Belize Travel Journal...thing.

If you want to check out the first few days you can click here!

The 4th day I spent in Belize was a bit boring compared to the others, but fun all the same! We visited Xunantunich Mayan Ruins (It took me the whole trip to learn how to say that... shoe-nan-too-nitch) which were quite spectacular. We then hopped on the bus and drove to Chaa Creek History Center where we got to learn loads about blue morpho butterflies and walk into a cage full of them. BLUEtiful! I think we visited a few schools on this day, but I'm not entirely sure. I'm not very good at interacting with children, so I didn't really enjoy the school trips. The kids did seem to enjoy us though! :)

Day 5 was our last day on the mainland of Belize and we spent it by visiting a baboon sanctuary. I don't know why they called it a baboon sanctuary seeing as all that was there was howler monkeys. Hm.

The lady who was our monkey guide so-to-speak was a character. In an effort to attract the monkeys to where we were she made grunting monkey noises, without any thought as to what a bunch of 13 years olds would think of it. 

Well there, I told you about everything we did on the mainland of Belize. Obviously I left things out, like souvenir shopping, water stops at local grocery stores, what the money there was like, and hotel free time, but you get the jist. 

Next we traveled via water taxi to Ambergris Caye (Ambergris means whale vomit f.y.i.). The water taxi was probably one of the worst things I have ever experienced. First off, the ride from Belize to the island was 2 and a half hours. The boat we were on was not made for such a long journey; we were all jammed in the undercarriage of the boat, no fresh air was capable of getting in. There was at least 40 people on the boat, and there was only 27 life jackets. Terrible.

Although I prefered the jungle compared to Ambergris Caye, it was still a great time. We got the chance to Snuba and snorkel which I jumped on the chance to do. It was such a great experience to swim above the second largest coral reef in the world and look down at the millions of fish below you. I will never forget that in my life. (Before anyone asks, Snuba is essentially scuba diving, but you don't have an air regulator attached to your back- it floats about you on a raft.)

Out hotel was right on the beach, and if you walked down to the dock you could see a man of war jellyfish floating around... so glad I didn't go swimming there! There was also a family of seahorses that hung around the dock which were incredible. 

On the last day we rode the dreaded water taxi back to the mainland and started the long drive back to the airport. I am so glad I went on this trip, and it is definitely life changing. After I got home I went into a post-trip depression for a few days... that's how much I loved it there! All the people in Belize are so lovely and they treat everyone like family. I never encountered an unfriendly Belizian.

Flairwell!

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Xunantunich

This place had unbeatable burritos!

Toucan

Blue Morpho

On of the teacher chaperones taking a selfie with some local school kids!

Yep. You read that right. Cashew wine. *cringe*

Howler Monkey

Pray time

Nesting Jabiru storks. A.k.a the largest flying bird in the world!

Ah. The wonderfully terrible underwater camera pictures.

Snuba

Summertime Flowers and Honeybees

 

A few days ago I was biking the back roads with one of my best friends and we came across this adorable field of purple flowers! I snapped a couple pictures of some bees flying around....being very careful not to get to close. (I've gone 2 years without a bee sting- not going to mess it up now!)

I'm going on vacation to Canada with my family tomorrow and I am so ready to get away from technology for a week or so! I love being connected to everything, but sometimes you just need a break. Have any of you ever been to the Glacier National Park/Canada area? Any place in particular we should check out? :)

I hope you enjoyed this little photography oriented post!

Flairwell!

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A Floral Dress for A Rainy Day

The other day we had some rather unusual weather for a summer day in Colorado. It rained for about 24 hours non-stop and was only about 60 degrees fahrenheit! (For reference, it is normally about 100 degrees in Colorado at the end of July) Seeing as it was so chilly and wet outside, I decided it would be a great idea to put my $200 camera in the rain so I could snap a couple pictures and an OOTD. ;)

What I'm Wearing:

Floral dress from H&M

Semi-sheer black tights from Target

Brown boost from a local thrift store 

Vintage umbrella from my great-grandmother

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Seeing as we couldn't do much outside on this day, my mom, sister and I went on a little shopping excursion. I picked up some lovely new curtains for my newly designed room and a piece of fabric to make a cover for my little loft bed. I might post a little room tour once my room is done being decorated! Hope you enjoyed this little post!

Flairwell!

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